She was born Oct. 7, 1915, in Fulton, the daughter of Rollie and Mary (Edgar) Webster. She had lived in Fulton, Baldwin, Clinton, Eudora, the Williamstown area and Lawrence.

Mrs. Norris was a homemaker. She was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and had helped create the church's Camp Chihowa Retreat Center, for which she and her husband donated 30 acres of land.

She married Waldon Laverne Norris in 1934 in Lawrence. He died in November 1999.